Foot rest device

ABSTRACT

The invention comprises a foot rest having a rectangular plate serving as a foot support mounted upright to the edge of a hospital bed spring frame, a U-shaped rope slideably mounted in said plate and adapted to be slid upwardly and forwardly to serve as a blanket support, an adjustable foot support member adapted to be collapsed against said rectangular plate when not in use and adapted to be expanded to serve as a foot support spaced forward from said rectangular plate.

United States atent [72] Inventors Delton E. Bergsgaard 423 Euclid Ave;Palmer 13. Berger, 1716 12th Ave, North, Grand Forks, N. Dak. 58201 [211App]. No. 759,726 [22] Filed Sept. 13, 1968 [45] Patented Mar. 23, 1971[54] FOOT REST DEVICE 2 Claims, 9 Drawing Figs.

[52] 11.5. CI 5/327, 5/319 [51] Int. Cl A47c 21/00 [50] Field ofSearch5/327, 319, 3 1 7 [56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,986,7476/1961 Posey 5/327X 3,021,837 2/1962 Newell 5/327X FOREIGN PATENTS656,322 2/1938 Germany 5/319 Primary Examiner-Francis K. Zugel AssistantExaminer-Andrew M. Calvert AttorneyRobert E. Kleve PATENTEU W23 I97lSHEET 1 OF 2 PIC-3.3. [24 [34 INVENT R3 F G Dalton E. Bergsgoor a PalmerE.Berger BY ATTORNEY IPATENTEDHARZMSYI 357L828 sum 2 0F 2 INVENTORSDalton E. Bergsgaord 8 Palmer E. Berger ATTORNEY down to a horizontalposition when not in use.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a novel footrestwhich can be used to support a patients foot and which can be easilystored.

it is another object of the invention to provide a novel footrest whichis adjustable horizontally to different positions.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent asthe description proceeds and when taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of the novel bedrest invention shownoperatively installed on a hospital bed.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged side elevational view of the bedrest invention.

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view of the footrest footplate FIG. 4 isan enlarged side elevational view of the detractahle, adjustablefootplate of the bedrest invention.

FIG. 5 is a rear view of the adjustable footplate taken along line 3-5of FIG. d.

FIG. 6 is a side elevational view of the footrest invention with theadjustable footplate operatively installed, and with the footrestinvention mounted to a hospital bed.

FIG. 7 is a top plan view of the footrest invention with the adjustablefootplate operatively installed.

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view of the footrest invention shownmounted on a hospital bed and employed a traction device.

FIG. 9 is a front elevational view of the footrest invention with theadjustable footplate detached.

Briefly stated, the invention comprises a hospital bed footrest having afootplate, said footplate has a pivotal mounted to the bed spring, aU-shaped rod which is slideably telescoped upward and forwardly for useas a blanket support, and a plate having pivoted wings which may betelescoped and attached to the footrest to adjust the area forsupporting the patients feet horizontally.

Referring more particularly to the drawings in FIG. l, the footrestinvention shown operatively mounted to a conventional bed spring frame21 having an L-shaped cross section, the foot rest invention 20 has arectangular footrest plate 22.

The rectangular footrest plate 22 has four side flanges 23, 23', 23",and 23" which surround a rectangular plate 22' to form the footrestplate22. The plate 22 has an elongated slot 24 which acts as a handle forreceiving the fingers of the operator for carrying the footrestinvention 20 from place to lace.

p The bottom flange 23" of the footrest plate 22 has a rod 24 fixed toits lower outer-end, with the outer ends 24' and 24" of the rod 24resting in slots 50 of a pair of identical mounting flanges 25 and 25'.A pair of pins or pegs 26 and 26 are spaced above the rod ends 24' and24" and are also resting in slots 50 and fixed to the bottom flange 23"of the footrest plate 22.

The mounting flanges 25 and 25' each have a bolt 27 fixed thereto andprojecting downward to be received and in a bore 28 in the L-shapedframe 21 of the bedspring 34, and nut 29 threaded onto bolt 27 to lockthe mounting flanges to the frame 21 of the bedspring as illustrated inFIG. I, and FIGS. 2 and 3.

The footrest plate 22 is mounted to the rear of the bedspring frame 2%centrally of the width of the bed. A patient 30 when resting upon themattress 31 of a conventional hospital bed 32 will have his feet 33 inflush contact with the plate 22 of the rest plate 22 as illustrated inFIG. 1.

A U-shaped rod 34 has a pair of legs 34 and 34" loosely and slideablymounted in a pair of holes 35 and 35' in the top flange 23'. A crossbar36 connects the remote laterally bent ends 37 and 37 of the legs 35 and35" together. The rod 3% may be slid from its position shown in FIG. 2upwardly until the crossbar 36 abuts the inside-33 of the top flange 23'and the rod 34 may then be pivoted clockwise about the lateral ends 37and 37' until it rests in its horizontal position as illus trated inFIG. 1.

The entire foot device 20 may be pivoted about the mounting flanges 23and 25 by raising the device upward by the handle 24,- thus raising theplate 22 upward and causing the rod ends 24 and 24" and pins 26 and 26'to slide upward in slots 30 until the pins 26 and 26' reach the upperedge 50 of the slots 50 at which time the plate 20 may be pivotedforward from its position shown in FIG. 2 aboutthe axis of rod ends 24and 24" to cause the pins 26 and 26' to slide forward and downward alongthe curved, cammed upper surfaces 30" of the mounting flanges to ahorizontal position. Prior to raising plate 22 and pivoting the plateforward or clockwise when viewed from FIG. 2, to a horizontal position,the mattress 31 will be raised to allow the plate to swing down to ahorizontal position between the upper face of the bedspring 21 and theunderside of the mattress 31, whereby it may be stored when not in use.

The footrest device 20 being relatively thin and compact, will storehorizontally between the mattress 3i and bedspring 21 without creatingany appreciable hump in the mattress. The U-shaped rod 34 will beretracted to its stored position illustrated in FIG. 2, before the plate22 is pivoted to its horizontal position between the mattress and springfor storage.

An adjustable footplate 39 has a main plate 40 with a pair of wingplates a1 and 41'. The wing plates 41 and 41 each have a rod 42 fixed totheir inner edges 43 and the rods d2 are pivotally mounted to the mainplate 40.

When the adjustable footplate 39 is stored and not in use, it will behooked onto the footrest plate 22' by its hooks 43 and 43 so as to beflush with the plate 22',and be concealed or contained within theconfines of the side flanges 23, 23, 23", and 23" as illustrated in FIG.2. The hooks 43 and 43' pass through the holes 54 on the extensionplates 45 and 35' respectively and wing plates 411 and 41' respectivelywhich align with one another when the extension 45 and 43' are retractedas viewed from FIG. 5 as shown in their retracted position in dashedlines in FIG. 7.

The hooks 43 and 43' are received in slots 44 and M of the plate 22 andare slid downwardly to their position as illustrated in FIG. 2 to lockthe adjustable plate 39 to the plate 22'.

The patients feet, when the invention 20 is installed as illustrated inFIG. 2 may place his feet against the main plate d0 when the adjustablefoot plate 39 is mounted in its stored position as illustratedin FIG. 2or his feet may be placed against the plate 22' by removing theadjustable plate 39.

The adjustable plate 39 may be removed for reattachment by the hooks 43and 43' from the slots 44 and 44' and the wing plates 41 and 41' may bepivoted out to their position illustrated in FIG. 7. A pair of extensionplates 45 and are slideably mounted to the wing plates by a duel pair ofslots 35 in the wing plates 41 and 41', which slideably receive enlargedheads 46 and 46' mounted to the extensions 45 and 43' so that theextensions may be slid in parallelism along the wing plates to adjustthe distance between the main plate 40 and the plate 22'. The plate 22has slots 57, the extension plates 45 and 45' each have a pair of bolts56 with enlarged heads 56' which are received in the upper portions ofthe slots 57', the upper portions 57' of the slots being larger than theheads 56, and are slid downwardly in slots 57 to a narrow portion 57"which is narrower than the heads 56' and yet larger than the body 56" ofthe bolts to lock the extension plates 45 and 45 to the loclting plate22' as illustrated in FIG. 7 to mount the adjustable footplate 39 to thefootrest plate 22.

When the adjustable footplate 39 has been mounted to the plate 22' andthe footrest invention 20 is mounted to the bed spring frame asillustrated in FIG. 6, the plate 40 will extend over the mattress 31toward the front of the bed and provide a footrest for shorter personsor persons who are positioned on the bed closer to the front edge 48 ofthe bed than illustrated in MG. l.

The wing plates and extensions as and 45' are slideably mounted to oneanother with a certain amount of friction drag so as to tend to maintainthe wing plates and extensions in their adjusted positions when underthe pressure of a patient's foot.

Also, the footrest invention may be used as a traction unit by removingthe adjustable footplate 39 from the footrest 21 and a rope 50 havingone end 50' attached to a patient's foot 32 as illustrated in FIGS. 3and 9 and has its other end 50" passing through the hole 56 in the plate22 and riding on a pulley 57. The pulley S7 is rotatively mounted to theplate 22. A weight 58 is suspended from the other end 50 of the rope 50to place the patients foot 32 under traction.

The weight 58 will be suspended between the rear edge 59 of the bed andthe footboard 60 of the bed so that a person will not accidentally bumpthe rod or weight when passing by the bed.

Thus it will be seen that a novel, compact footrest invention has beenprovided which performs a variety of functions.

It will be obvious that various changes and departures may be made tothe invention without departing from the spirit and scope thereof andaccordingly, it is not intended that the invention be limited to thatspecifically described in the specification or as illustrated in thedrawings, but only as set forth in the amended claims wherein:

We claim:

l. A footrest attachment for a bedframe of a hospital bed comprising arectangular frame, mounting means at the bottom of said frame formounting said plate to a bedframe, an adjustable foot support panelhorizontally adjustable and collapsible to a substantially flushposition against said rectangular frame, said rectangular frame beingpivotally mounted to said mounting means whereby said rectangular framemay be pivoted upward from a horizontal position flush against saidbedframe to a vertical position for use, locking means for locking saidrectangular frame in a vertical position, blanket support meansretractable to a parallel, at least substantially coinciding positionwith the respect to said rectangular frame and projectable to ahorizontal position projecting laterally from the upper edge of therectangular frame to provide a blanket support above the foot supportpanel.

2. A footrest attachment for a bedframe of a hospital bed comprising arectangular frame, mounting means at the bottom of said frame formounting said plate to said bedframe, an adjustable foot support panelhorizontally adjustable and collapsible to a substantially flushposition against said rectangular frame, said rectangular frame beingpivotally mounted to said mounting means whereby said frame may bepivoted upward from a horizontally flush position against said bedframeto a vertical position for use, locking means for locking saidrectangular frame in a vertical position, blanket support meanscomprising a U-shaped rod having its apex outside of said rectangularframe and a pair of legs extending from the apex into the top of therectangular frame and retractable into the top of said vertical frameand projectable vertically upward substantially out of said frame andthereafter pivotable forward to a horizontal position to provide ahorizontal support for a blanket spaced above said post support panel,stop means for limiting theprojecting horizontal movement of theU-shaped rod out of said rectangular frame.

1. A footrest attachment for a bedframe of a hospital bed comprising arectangular frame, mounting means at the bottom of said frame formounting said plate to a bedframe, an adjustable foot support panelhorizontally adjustable and collapsible to a substantially flushposition against said rectangular frame, said rectangular frame beingpivotally mounted to said mounting means whereby said rectangular framemay be pivoted upward from a horizontal position flush against saidbedframe to a vertical position for use, locking means for locking saidrectangular frame in a vertical position, blanket support meansretractable to a parallel, at least substantially coinciding positionwith the respect to said rectangular frame and projectable to ahorizontal position projecting laterally from the upper edge of therectangular frame to provide a blanket support above the foot supportpanel.
 2. A footrest Attachment for a bedframe of a hospital bedcomprising a rectangular frame, mounting means at the bottom of saidframe for mounting said plate to said bedframe, an adjustable footsupport panel horizontally adjustable and collapsible to a substantiallyflush position against said rectangular frame, said rectangular framebeing pivotally mounted to said mounting means whereby said frame may bepivoted upward from a horizontally flush position against said bedframeto a vertical position for use, locking means for locking saidrectangular frame in a vertical position, blanket support meanscomprising a U-shaped rod having its apex outside of said rectangularframe and a pair of legs extending from the apex into the top of therectangular frame and retractable into the top of said vertical frameand projectable vertically upward substantially out of said frame andthereafter pivotable forward to a horizontal position to provide ahorizontal support for a blanket spaced above said post support panel,stop means for limiting the projecting horizontal movement of theU-shaped rod out of said rectangular frame.